Florarctus asper Renaud-Mornant, 1989a

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, Zootaxa 4037 (1), pp. 1-189 : 54-55

55. Florarctus asper Renaud-Mornant, 1989a

Florarctus asper n. sp. ( Renaud-Mornant 1989a)

Florarctus asper ( Sandulli et al. 1999)

Terra typica : Coral Sea ( New Caledonia)

Adriatic Sea:

• 42°06′N, 15°28′E [42°08′N, 15°30′E]; 5–10 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, between Tremiti Islands,

Posidonia seagrass meadow, medium and fine sand. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001) • 42°09′00′′N, 15°30′00′′E [42°08′N, 15°31′E]; 5–20 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, Caprara [Capraia] Island, Cala dei Turchi, coarse organogenic detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

• 42°07′N, 15°31′E [42°08′N, 15°31′E]; 5–20 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, San Nicola, Punta del Cimitero, coarse organogenic detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

• 42°07′N, 15°30′E [42°07′N, 15°29′E]; 5–20 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, San Domino Island, Cala degli Inglesia, coarse organogenic detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

• 42°08′N, 15°29′E [42°07′N, 15°30′E]; 5–20 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, San Domino Island, I Pagliai, coarse organogenic detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

• 42°07′N, 15°30′E; 5–20 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, San Nicola, Cretaccio. Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

• 42°06 ′ N, 15°29′E; 5 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, southern area of San Domino Island, in the proximity of Punta Zio Cesare, submarine cave Grotta delle Viole, internal opening, coarse organogenic detritus. D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (2001), Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001), Grimaldi de Zio et al. (2003)

• 42°06′N, 15°28′E; 2–4 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, San Domino Island, Punta Zio Cesare, cave Grotta delle Murene, 0–10 cm depth, 80% coarse organogenic sand, 3% silt and clay, (mean diameter = 0.125 mm). Sandulli et al. (1999), Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001)

• 42°06 ′ N, 15°28′E; 3 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Foggia Province, Tremiti Islands, southern area of San Domino Island, in the proximity of Punta Zio Cesare, submarine cave Grotta delle Murene, the middle of the cave, coarse organogenic detritus. D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (2001), Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001)

Alboran Sea:

• 35°11′N, 02°25′W; 27 m bsl: [FAO37] Morocco, Chafarinas Islands, Rey Francisco Island [ Isla del Rey], circalittoral, community of Coastal Detritic (Pérès, 1967), coarse sand and gravels, sediment 90% biogenous. Villora-Moreno & Grimaldi de Zio (1996)

Coral Sea:

• 22°20′S, 166°25′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO71] New Caledonia, S coast, Maitre Island, Maitre Reef. Renaud-Mornant (1989a)

• 22°28′S, 166°29′E; 3 m bsl: [FAO71] Type Locality: New Caledonia, S coast, Aboré Reef, bottom of the lagoon, coralline sand. Renaud-Mornant (1989a)

Pacific Ocean:

• 17°30′S, 149°51′30′′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO77] French Polynesia, Society Islands, Moorea Island, Tiahura. Renaud-Mornant (1989a)

Tyrrhenian Sea:

• 40°13′N, 09°38′E; 30 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Sardinia, Nuoro Province, Gulf of Orosei, coarse sand. D’Addabbo Gallo et al. (2007)

• 38°36′N, 14°55′E; 40 m bsl: [FAO37] Italy, Aeolian Islands, Secca del Capo, coralligenous bank, subtidal zone, coarse coralligenous detritus. Grimaldi de Zio & D’Addabbo Gallo (2001)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Adriatic Sea: 9, Alboran Sea: 1, Coral Sea: 2, Pacific Ocean: 1, Tyrrhenian Sea: 2; total: 15.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO37: 12, FAO71: 2, FAO77: 1; total: 15.

Remarks: This interstitial, intertidal or subtidal species (to 40 m bsl), has also been recorded in marine caves. It has been reported from southern and northern hemispheres in different types of sand and sediments in the tropical and southern parts of temperate zones.